Ensemble Musica Humana presents "A Salon Concert at Hartfield"

Name: Ensemble Musica Humana presents "A Salon Concert at Hartfield"
Start: 2024-10-10T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Packard Hall, 5 W Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Colorado 80903

Schedule

Thu Oct 10 2024 at 07:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Packard Hall, 5 W Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO, United States, Colorado 80903 | Colorado Springs, CO

In Jane Austen’s 1815 novel, Emma, the mysterious arrival of a fortepiano causes a serious commotion in the quiet neighborhood of Hartfield. This humble instrument becomes the epicenter of a chain reaction of speculations and misunderstandings that permeate the novel. Not only is the piano itself central to the story but much of the narrative drama unfolds in musical scenes literally around the piano. Austen’s detailed descriptions of such scenes are compelling to the reader and useful to the historian for the same reason: they offer us a unique window into musical life in Regency England.
This program aims to recreate the kind of informal salon concert that was so common in Jane Austen’s England, and will feature musical selections directly from Austen’s collection of manuscripts, copied out in her own hand, and printed music, purchased and bound in her lifetime. The evening will include performances by two guest artists, Dr. Gili Loftus, fortepiano, and Dr. Corrine Byrne, soprano, students from Professor Chang's "Music and Gender in Jane Austen's England" class, and some surprise guests. There will be instrumental music, singing, and dancing - in which the audience will be welcome to participate!
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